Zakopane Day Trip with Thermal Springs, Funicular and Local Tasting

About This Experience

Cracow Top Tours runs this full package day, rated 4.8 from 5,755 GetYourGuide reviews. You choose between a Krakow meeting point, from $96 per person, and pickup from your hotel or apartment, about $102. Pickups take place between 8:00 and 9:00, and the drive to the mountains takes about 1.5 to 2 hours depending on traffic.

The opening stop is Chochołów, a village known for its traditional wooden houses, for a walk and photos of about 20 minutes. Next is a shepherd's hut where you taste smoked sheep's-milk cheese (sold as oscypek) with a shot of Polish vodka.

In Zakopane you ride the funicular up Gubałówka, about 300 m above town, for views of the Tatras; cafes, souvenir stalls and a summer gravity slide (not included) are at the top. Back down, you have free time on Krupówki, the main pedestrian street, for lunch at your own cost. The listing allows about 2 to 2.5 hours in town.

The day ends with a three-hour ticket to the thermal baths, with indoor and outdoor pools, water slides and jacuzzis. You get a wristband for the changing rooms and lockers; the nudist zone and anything from the pool bar are not included. From 19 to 30 October 2026 the Chochołów complex is closed for works, and the operator sends this tour to Terma Bania for the same three hours instead.

Live guiding is in English and Polish, with written booklets in other languages chosen at booking. The day lasts about 11 hours, and drop-off points include Floriana Straszewskiego 17, Józefa Dietla 47, Wielopole 2, plac Jana Matejki 2 and Starowiślna 65.

Highlights

• Walk among the traditional wooden highlander houses of Chochołów and stop for photos along the way.
• Taste smoked sheep's-milk cheese sold as oscypek with a shot of Polish vodka at a shepherd's hut.
• Ride the funicular up Gubałówka for views over Zakopane and across to the Tatra Mountains.
• Use your free time on Krupówki, Zakopane's main pedestrian street, for lunch, shops and market stalls.
• Spend three hours in indoor and outdoor thermal pools with water slides and jacuzzis before heading back.
• Choose a central meeting point or pickup from your Krakow hotel or apartment when you book.

What's Included

• ✓ Return transport from a Krakow meeting point, or hotel pickup on the hotel-pickup option
• ✓ English-speaking guide, with written booklets in other languages
• ✓ Stop in Chochołów wooden village
• ✓ Tasting of smoked sheep's-milk cheese and local spirits
• ✓ Gubałówka funicular ride
• ✓ Three-hour thermal baths ticket with locker (Terma Bania from 19 to 30 October 2026)

Not Included

• Lunch in Zakopane
• Drinks and food at the baths' pool bar
• The nudist zone at the baths
• Gubałówka gravity slide (summer, paid on site)
• Towel, swimwear and flip-flops (bring your own)

What to Bring

• Comfortable shoes
• Swimwear
• Towel
• Flip-flops

Good to Know & Caveats

• From 19 to 30 October 2026 the tour visits Terma Bania instead of the Chochołów baths, with the same three hours and attractions in the admission.
• Pickups run daily between 8:00 and 9:00; you receive the exact time the day before.
• Where vehicles cannot reach your address, the pickup point is set within about a 5-minute walk.
• The live guide speaks English; booklets in other languages are chosen during booking.
• Mobility scooters and electric wheelchairs are not allowed.

Meeting Point

Choose a central Krakow meeting point or pickup from your hotel or apartment (or the nearest spot within about 5 minutes' walk if a vehicle cannot reach it); pickups run 8:00 to 9:00 and the exact time is sent the day before.